Two choices. One. Reyna is overestimating his own fitness and Berhalter doesn't want to reveal that Gio isn't a 90 minute player right now. Two: Berater has suddenly decided that Reyna is not good at soccer after playing him basically every chance he could prior to the World Cup. There are some shades of gray here in terms of how fit or ready Reyna might be.But I don't think Berhalter has just suddenly decided that a healthy Reyna can't help the team.
Actually I think there is a 3rd choice which I believe is what's going on. And maybe its subset of your #1. Berhalter decided in the matches played so far that the circumstances dictated other options as more prudent than Gio.
I just realized another thing..........We are going to have to officially transfer the "Golden Balls" (TM) nickname to Mr. Pulisic......
acosta means garbage in spanish seriously this guy has absolutely no business being anywhere within hundreds of miles of any world cup
he’s gotta be done with that injury. respect it was his best game for the USA even with no goal contribution. if only we took another forward instead of 4 right backs.
go to twitter ,.....no one there wants him back.... i feel like i am in bizaro world if people want this guy as coach
He was just so much more noticeably better than Haji that it’s terrifying that we’ll ever see Haji in a US shirt again.
I don’t want him back either. Don’t like coaches for multiple cycles. Having said that, I fully expect Ernie to bring him back.
yes, why would anyone think a coach who: - Won the Nation's League - Won the Gold Cup - Qualified for the World Cup - Advanced out of the World Cup group stage, with the team taking it to a favored England side and probably playing its best soccer in years, and maybe ever. Who is far from perfect but whose tactics have won near universal praise from independent analysts watching the USMNT play. IDK, man, maybe time to consider that most people on Twitter are just really, really dumb.
Look at the squad he has. On paper, this is a ********ing monster team with entrenched starters at the highest levels of football (or close) at almost every position. Getting to the R16 is the MINIMUM requirement given the talent.
I feel you. I really do. I definitely don’t think of me as someone who has low expectations. But there’s a bar, and that bar is to get out of the group. Berhalter did that. It’s sort of like having an employee that you don’t necessarily like, but he meets all the performance measures that you set for him. Best way that I can summarize Berhalter: terrific in the defensive third, good in the middle third, and poor in the offensive third. The solution seems simple. Hire an assistant who is a heck of a lot better on the offensive third than this set pieces coordinator that we have on the books.
This. If he subbed in Reyna for Weah with the Acosta sub and then did the Zimmerman sub late would anyone have complained? I wouldn't.
I feel he might use this as a launching point for a European gig. Regardless of what we think of him here he will have earned some credibility with these results.
he's a donkey in a china shop....very athletic and good defender but he is also a reason pulisic rarely shows well for the USMNT - jedi is poor in combo play and attacking.
There are almost no coaches, of any nation, that are worthy of two cycles. It almost never happens for a reason. Gregg has done fine, he got the team where they are, which is adequate. He doesn't deserve a 2nd cycle based on that. Hell, even world cup winning sides rarely go for a 2nd cycle.